Hyderabad: Kidnapped infant rescued in hours, 3 held

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HYDERABAD: A four-month-old baby girl, kidnapped by three persons, was rescued by police within 14 hours on Saturday. CCTV footage of the kidnappers’ getaway vehicle helped trace the offenders, Mangalhat police said.
A woman, Laxmi, from Seetarambagh, Mangalhat approached police on Saturday claiming that her four-month-old baby girl, Renuka, who was sleeping beside her at night, was missing when she woke up. Mangalhat police identified an auto-rickshaw used by the offenders for kidnapping the infant. Auto driver Shaik Aleem was apprehended at Bhoiguda Kaman and he led the cops to the baby girl, who was with Arshiya Begum and Shaik Saleem at 9 pm. Police arrested the trio and rescued the baby girl.
The girl was handed over to her mother. The offenders were remanded to judicial custody.
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